A few bananas too “black” to even contemplate eating, a desire for “healthy” biscuits to take round a friend for coffee et voilà!

Ingredients:

• 2 small or 1 large ripe banana, mashed
• 60g light brown sugar
• 25g caster sugar
• 60g butter, softened
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 large egg, lightly beaten
• 150g plain flour
• 180g rolled oats
• 1 tsp bicarbonate soda
• ½ scant tsp salt
• 1 tsp ground vanilla
• 100g chocolate chips or cranberries etc….

Preparation:

• Preheat oven to 180°C/ 160°fan/ Gas 4 and get 2 baking trays ready
• In a large bowl mix the first 5 ingredients at medium speed until smooth
• Add the egg and beat well
• In another bowl, put the flour, oats, soda, salt and ground vanilla together and stir with a whisk
• Add it to the first bowl and mix on medium speed (I found vigourously by hand worked better for me) until well blended
• I divided the batter between the 2 bowls and added chocolate chips in one and dried cranberries in the other
• Scoop or spoon the batter between the 2 trays, it makes around 20 cookies
• Bake in the oven for about 15 to 18mn until slightly golden
• Leave for 2mn before transferring onto a cooling rack